Product Development Engineer

ATTINDAS; Greenville (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Attindas Hygiene Partners designs, manufactures, and markets absorbent hygiene products. The Product Development Engineer will lead product design projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive innovations from concept to market, balancing customer needs with manufacturing capabilities.

The role requires 2-3 years in product design/development, a technical bachelor's degree (ME or ChE preferred), and strong project management skills to deliver on schedule and budget.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in product design/development.
• Demonstrated history of delivering/launching product development projects.
• Knowledge of statistical techniques to make data driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Execute against the category strategy with cross-functional teams.
• Drive innovation and product improvements to keep products competitive.
• Lead product changes from concept to commercial implementation.
• Prepare developmental machine trials and qualify new concepts/materials.
• Support sales/marketing with technical requests and customer meetings.

Skills

Product design

Project management

Statistical analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office

Education

Technical Bachelor's Degree (ME or ChE preferred)

Job description

Description Position at Attindas - US

Attindas Hygiene Partners designs, manufactures, and markets absorbent hygiene products. The company sells adult incontinence and infant diapers, among other products, into the healthcare, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels under brands including Attends, Indas, and Comfees as well as a wide range of private label brands for retailers.

Mission:

We champion health, dignity and comfort.

Vision:

To be a global leader in absorbent hygiene by meeting consumers' diverse needs through effective, affordable and widely available personal care solutions.

Our Values:

Personal, Agile, Innovative, and Integrity

Job Summary:

The primary responsibility of the Product Development Engineer is to drive value for their designated category by creating and improving product designs that deliver against the category strategy. This person will be the product lead on projects with increasing complexity and participate/ lead in project cross functional teams. The designer is to navigate the tradeoffs between satisfying and exceeding the market consensus (category trends, consumer insights, customer requirements, margin/revenue growth aspirations, etc.) and the internal operational consensus (efficiency, cost, capacity, service, etc.) by creating and improving product designs that meet the business needs. This role will also oversee research and design activities, support claims substantiation, direct machine trials and testing procedures. An individual for this role is expected to understand the competitive environment and bring innovations to the organization that ultimately launch into market success.

Key responsibilities:

Execute against the category strategy in collaboration with cross-functional teams. The category roadmap is a balance between innovation, cost and continuous improvement projects.Drive innovation and product improvements that keep products relevant and competitive within the marketplace. Lead these product changes from concept to commercial implementation. Expected to provide technical evaluation of product, understand the accompanying process and necessary equipment, intellectual properties, and generate product costing and specifications for new product designs.Participate in cross-functional product teams. Assist in the development and qualification of new product features and upgrades with a focus on delivering project on schedule and within budget.Participate in product evaluations. Includes bench evaluation, product fit simulations and consumer testing.Prepares developmental machine trials to qualify new product concepts and materials. Work with business support teams to execute.Participates and presents in various meetings and forums.Controls, Owns, and Manages the Finished Product Specification and Raw Material Specification Systems.Works with material suppliers to understand new technologies and materials that are suitable and desirable in our finished products.Support the sales and marketing functions with customer meetings and technical requests.Support all additional task as follows: Fulfill test requests from insights, product design and commercial teams. Coordinate the testing with quality department and/or conduct specialty tests. Deliver results on schedule, coordination of product repack, shipping, quality testing, product release, and data entry/ analysis for consumer panel testing.

Required Qualifications:

2-3 years of experience in product design/ developmentTechnical Bachelors Degree (ME or ChE preferred)Demonstrated history of delivering/ launching product development projectsKnowledge of statistical techniques to make data driven decisionsAptitude and ability to understand complex manufacturing processesAbility to lead projects and utilize strong project management fundamentals/ techniquesAbility to maintain multiple active projects/ responsibilities at the same timeKnowledge of data storage, data reporting, and data analysisKnowledge of quality control techniquesDetail oriented, ability to collect and organize dataDemonstrated strong oral and written communication skillsProficient in MS Office

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience using product evaluation methods including bench testing, fit modeling, and consumer testingKnowledge of raw materials used in the disposable personal care productsKnowledge of disposable personal care products converting processesKnowledge of absorbent hygiene test methods and lab proceduresExperience with project management software (MS project, SmartSheet)

Attindas is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, color, sex (including gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), marital status, religion, national origin, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.